The typhoon Yagi came and gone, left behind severe floods which is much worse than the storm about the loss it has caused. The rain is less heavier and the flood is lower now. I hope it will keep better and better until the flood is gone so the people will be safe.

It's cloudy today, with an expected downpour around dusk. Back home, Mom is preparing ingredients for a hot pot. It's been a while since we've had one. Hot pot isn't really a dish; you don't need to cook anything. Just add the condensed base mix to boiling water in the pot. Then, add any meat or vegetables you like. I prefer fish fillet, but Mom hates the fishy smell and won't let me cook it first. Anyway, I love the vibe when we have hot pot. It's bustling and warm.

I remember that people tended to give their friends a nice wallet as a birthday gift many year ago. A good wallet was used to store cash, credit cards and receipt. Some like put some photo stickers in their wallets. A wallet was very important and necessary for everyone. I still remember that I seldom went to bank or ATM all of a sudden a few years ago. We could install some apps which offered all kinds of bank services. From then on, Wallets and banks began to get far away from common people. I have never seen a person who waited in line before an ATM machine. Our pocket has the only owner: our lovely phone. Every payment can be done on a phone. People under 60 are excited about this kind of payments, but the elder people don't think that a payment app is simple to use, especially the features of the apps change almost every day to meet the most people's needs. Maybe all the apps will be evolved to meet everyone's need in the near future. Overall, the payment trends over the last 10 years makes our life convenient, but all these payments lead us to consume. We found tha t it's really harder to save money than before. If you don't believe, just check your back account. is it a sign of "+" or "-" on it?

I have diversified hobbies through my life, but few among them I can stick to for a long time. I always quit and get interested to new ones. My hobbies like my friends in my life, they come and go. I respect the people who make a lot of efforts on their hobbies and finally reach a quite high level in the field. I think they must find the true happiness in hobbies. I used to learn piano, drawing and dancing in my childhood, I was a quick learner and had a lot of fun with friends then. After that, I tried guitar, diving, gardening... I also into music and movie. I just keep my curiosity to the world and open to try something new.

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I dreamt about a chemistry teacher who taught at our school for a short time. She treated everyone kindly. If I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn’t have believed there could be such a big difference between people. For example, she would share her snacks with the cleaner on the night shift and even invited me to her home. In winter, her cooking brought warmth to me—a person who was wandering from place to place. After she left, many people asked me about her and shared their memories of her. On her last day at the school, she said she wanted to go to the hospital with me. I knew it was because she wanted to share the cab. She waited for me and even called me from the hospital. I said, “I won’t go with you. I’m going back to Tianjin.” She said her farewells, then turned and left. I couldn’t stop my tears and didn’t dare to watch her retreating figure.

What do you expect to learn this course? Which personal and professional skills do you expect to develop? Which are the goals you expect to achieve on this subject? 1. Regarding my expectations on this course, I would say I am willing to find out how I will tackle a wide diversity of topics, which have to do with both entrepreneurship and personal development. I also think I will have a chance to engage with different people who have built their way up to success in much different ways than those we are used to. I expect we will have the opportunity to learn about things like: the traditional way of learning, the path we are supposed to follow and how to prove it wrong. When it comes to more specific issues I really want to learn how to create a company from scratch and take up the upcoming challenges. 2. When talking about specific skills I am exited to enhance my knowledge on the topics previously mentioned and expand my English vocabulary on a wider extent so that I can be able to talk comfortably in different situations such as in a work interview, serving a client or attending a conference, just to name a few. Another factor that, from my point of view, will play an important role will be originality, as we will be working on a new product, this skill will be essential. 3. Last but not least, my goals on this project are not very clear given that we have not already started, I have some vague ideas about it though. First off, I will be aiming to achieve success in the enterprise, but also to enjoy the process while the project goes on. Moreover and to conclude this text, when talking about future job offers or potential beginnings of entrepreneurship project in my life, I hope this course will come in real handy in this respect. Is that a good answer to these questions? I'd like to know which level is the text in based in the CEFFR, thanks for your time.

Alright, language detectives! Let’s see if you can crack this one. Time to put your grammar skills to the test—can you spot the correct conditional?

I dreamt a chemistry teacher who taught in our school for a short period of time. She treats everyone well. If I didn’t see it, I wouldn’t believe there’s such a big difference between people. For example, she shared her snacks with the cleaner who was on night shift. She even invited me to her place. In winter, her cooking brought warmth to me — a person wanders from place to place. After her quit, many people asked me and shared memories about her. On her last day of working for the school, she said she wanted to go to the hospital with me. I knew that because she wanted to shared the cab with me. She even waited for me and called me in the hospital. I said, “I won’t go with you. I’m going back to Tianjin.” She said farewells, then turned and went. I couldn’t stop my tears and dared not to watch her retreating figure.

It was sunny and humid today. I was really busy due to my new schedule. After school, I hurried to my vocal class, which lasted an hour and a half. Since Mom's such a foodie, she doesn’t accept eating on the go. Instead, we had a proper dinner at a new place, which took another hour. Then, after a half-hour commute home, I hit the gym. To my surprise, the gym was more crowded this late than it was earlier. Some people were on their cellphones while jogging on treadmills, making others wait. Maybe soon they'll be binding cellphones on their faces while walking and bump into a tree. It was an exhausting day.